Read the poem and answer the following questions in essay form in 500 words, please.
1. What is it? What two things are compared?
2. How much of the poem develops and amplifies this comparison?
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By Emily Dickinson (1863)
It dropped so low - in my Regard -
I heard it hit the Ground -
And go to pieces on the Stones
At bottom of my Mind -
Yet blamed the Fate that flung it - less -
Than I denounced Myself,
For entertaining Plated Wares
Upon My Silver Shelf -
Writing Assignment:
Read the poem and answer the following questions in essay form in 500 words, please.1. What is it? What two things are compared?
2. How much of the poem develops and amplifies this comparison?
To post your response, click on the Discussion Tab at the top of the page, paste in your essay/response and click post. Then everyone can read all the responses; I can read and grade, and everyone can respond to at least two people in the class in no less than 150 words.
It dropped so low - in my regard
By Emily Dickinson (1863)
It dropped so low - in my Regard -
I heard it hit the Ground -
And go to pieces on the Stones
At bottom of my Mind -
Yet blamed the Fate that flung it - less -
Than I denounced Myself,
For entertaining Plated Wares
Upon My Silver Shelf -